While many flights will fly through the moon's shadow, Southwest Airlines is advertising special flights that will fly along the path of totality, and a few of those fly into St. Louis, just a few hours south of the Tri-States.

According to Southwest Airlines, the best flights will be Flight 1375 that departs Seattle to St. Louis at 8:50 a.m. PDT. Another recommended trip is Flight 1368 from Portland, Oregon to St. Louis which departs at 9:05 a.m. PDT. The final flight to St. Louis recommended by Southwest departs Denver at 10:20 a.m. MDT.

As of Thursday July 27, all three flight still have tickets available, albeit you'll have to pay quite a bit of money. The cheapest flight starts at just under $300.

Southwest Airlines says the passengers will be treated to free swag including special viewing glasses and cosmic cocktails.